Afkal Bangura

Afkal Bangura was an Algerian FLN militant during the Algerian War.

Biography
Afkal Bangura was born in Algeria to a Sunni Muslim Berber family, and he joined the FLN during the war of national liberation against France. On 20 June 1956, he entered the police headquarters in the Casbah of Algiers with Ferkus Abdou and Bezzi Salik, among others, seeking an audience with the captain. Bangura remained in the waiting room as the others entered the captain's office and shot him, and Bangura snuck up on the guard and shot him dead before stealing his pistol. The attackers then fled the station on foot, escaping the French police.